Relax, the OWL is good in the long run. Sure, it sucks seeing characters adjusted for know apparent reason other than a pro cried about it on stream, but the OWL has made the game better in ways people overlook. I have friends who started to watch OWL, and then got hooked into the game. The OWL is also the most revolutionary concept in esports history. I think that the OWL has been one of the best things to happen to this game
I agree with you 100%. Blizzard only cares about money and will poopoo all over their original legacy and what it meant to the fans to make a quick buck. Thatâs why so many people have left the game and wonât be returning for overwatch 2. Given their reputation Iâm betting they wonât have even a fraction of the success with the sequel as they did with the first one.
Were they really though? They were reworked and nerfed for a lot of reasons. On both ladder and league. I agree a lot of focus has gone into OWL. and not too much popularity has come out of it. But mercy and sym got those changes and nerfs because a lot of people wanted it.
There was already a developing unofficial esports scene. But blizzard shut them down to make their own league and charge millions of dollars per team. If that doesnât say cash grab I donât know what does.
Honestly overwatch is just too casual and not deep enough to be a long term competitive esport.
Now thereâs nothing wrong with going for a more casual mainstream appeal, but it just doesnât fit when they forced esports so hard.
The fact that they couldnât figure out that the big esport games grew naturally is honestly astounding. You canât just say a game is an esport and throw money at it and expect it to be successful.
They didnât âjust sayâ it was an esport. You people are delusional. The games this weekend were some of the best ever.
This idea that Blizzard somehow screwed up by investing a ton of money into the league is just absurd. You people think players love playing for orgs that screw them over left and right? You think players like having no security whatsoever? You think OWL being on ESPN is a bad thing? You think making local arenas for every team is not just objectively awesome?
This idea that Blizzard has corrupted the purity of esports by investing money into it is one of the dumbest things Iâve ever heard. If they didnât, youâd all be complaining that they âlet the esports scene dieâ by not investing. Without a doubt.
Not even close. Mercy? The I-cosplay-an-angle-grill is unique? Probably the most original is Hammond since itâs a hamster in a giant robot ball.
Itâs been like that since OWL got introduced, nothing new here. First hero stacking got removed (granted, that happened before OWL, IIRC), then 2-2-2 and then role queue. All because thatâs how âprosâ play it, so you gotta play it like that as well. Anything that isnât like âthe main gameâ is deemed a subpar mode than moved over to arcade, probably on a random rotation. And yet people liked comp QPC so much itâs becoming a sub-mode of comp and Jeff says people like Mystery Heroes.
Symm was considered a troll pick when she was a support. After she got moved to DPS, she had a few good runs (unlike Bastion, who shined only at release).
Thatâs because people played Sym wrong. And people whined about Mercy because they could not aim and react quickly enough to kill her. Or manage ults.
The game has to be balanced at the top because at the bottom for 99% of the playerbase the game is balanced. If you are not at the top of the ladder you can pick any hero and whether you win or lose is not dictated by that choice.
They are absolutely not like they used to be. They are very clearly controlled as evidence of the forced âsequelâ announcement which Blizzard has NEVER done before for an active game.
If Activision had itâs way, Iâm sure âWorld of Warcraft 2â would be on the horizon but itâs still making too much money unlike OW.
Yes because why pay 30% to steam when you do not have to?
Also Overwatch 2 is demonstrably as much a sequel, if not more, than Doom Eternal. And if you are arguing Blizzard never did sequels than Warcraft II Warcraft III Diablo II and Diablo III (in development 9 years) and Starcraft II (in development a blood eternity) would ALL like to have a word.
Itâs because Sym was good for a minute and they canât have the pro dps players on Sym and not Widow/ Mcree/ Hanzo etc. Doesnât bring in as many views.
They honestly should have just left symâs piercing orbs in the game. Only reinâs firestrike and moiraâs orbs can pierce shields now. Would help her against a lot of bunker comps.